Base-ball



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A. W. BGYNTON.

BASE BALL.

No. 288,766. Patented Nov. 2o, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALMANZOR W. BOYNTON, OF BRIDGEPORT, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY I. HOYT,

or NORWALK,

BASE- SPECIFICATION forming To all whom t may. concern:

Beit known that I, ALMANZOE NV. BoYN- ToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Base-Balls;

" and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suc-h aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to base-balls, and has for its object the production of a better ball and at less expense than has ever heretofore been accomplished. With this end in View my invention consists in a ball composed of cotton-seed hulls.

The accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, is a sectional view of a baseball.

A represents the material of which the ball is composed, B binding-threads about the exterior, and C the cover, which may be of any known material, not being ofthe essence of my invention.

It is of course Well known that professional base-balls are required to be nine and onefourth inches 1n circumference when completed, and to weigh, cover included, iive and one-fourth ounces.

I have discovered in the course of my experiments that cottonseed hulls have the exact specific gravity required to make a perfect ball-that is to say, live and one-fourth ounces ofcotton-seed hulls, less the weight ofthe cover, can be condensed to the exact size required, and will then possess the requisite iirmness and elasticity.

I do not desire to limit myself to any particular process of manufacture. The material used 'is ordinary cotton-seed hulls with the lint adhering thereto'. The hulls are com- CONNECTICUT.

BALL.

part of Letters Patent No. 288,766, dated November 20, 1883.

Application led August 10, 1883. (No model.)

pressed in molds by rolling or in any Well known manner.

It is of course essential to preserve the same density in all parts of the ball, and to preserve an exact spherical form. Ihave found in the course of my experiments that when pressure is applied to cotton-seed hulls the whole mass will felt or mat together rmly, and that the u density of all parts will be the same, so that Vthe center of gravity will be the geometrical center of the mass. After condensing, the mass of hulls is usually tightly wound with binding-threads.

I also contemplate using a coating of waten proof material outside the mass of hulls. This, however, is not essential; neither are the binding-threads a matter of material importance, as the mass will felttogether so closely while under pressure that the cover may be put drectly onto the mass itself.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As an article of manufacture, a baseball made of cotton-seed hulls.

2. A ball made of cotton -seed hulls condensed and felted together under pressure.

3. A ball made of cotton-seed hulls condensed and felted together, the mass being wound with binding-threads, substantially as described.

4. A ball made of cotton-seed hulls condensed together, and then covered with a coating of Waterproof material.

5. A ball made of cotton-seed hulls condensed together, in combination with a cover.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALMANZOR W. BOYNTON.

Witnesses:

A. M. Woosrnn, S. S. WILLIAMSON. 

